Social Concerns November Collections

Coats/Warm Clothing Collection

The Social Concerns Ministry will be helping Fish collect new and gently used coats all sizes/warm clothing/including children’s coats and boots again for the Rally for Hunger and Homelessness that will be held on November 21 in Torrington at St. Peter’s Church Hall. The collection will take place on November 7/8 and November 14/15. Donations can be placed in the crib near the altar at IHOM or in a box in the Bell Tower at ICC. They will be delivered to St. Peter’s Church Hall on November 19 by our ministry.

Our ministry wants to thank you for all your generosity to help our collections be so successful.

Thanksgiving Collection

The Social Concerns Ministry will be donating turkeys and food to families for Thanksgiving. These families are from several different agencies in Torrington, New Hartford, Winsted, and Harwinton: Fish, Friendly Hands, Catholic Charities, the Bronc Callahan Fund, Pleasant Valley Food Bank, Hands of Grace, Salvation Army, and families that our ministry deals with directly. Donations will be collected on the weekends of November 7 and 8 and November 14 and 15. The collections for turkeys will be in front of the Social Center before Mass. Dry food can be placed in the red wagon in the church. The second week of the collection turkeys and food can be dropped off at the Social Center. Fixings for the dinners: boxed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, canned fruit and vegetables, Yams, cranberry and apple sauce, apple juice, cake mixes and frosting, pickles, olives, French cut string beans, crispy fried onions, cream of mushroom soup, corn bread mixes, pie mixes and fruit fillings. Donations for non-perishable items will also be collected at ICC in the Bell Tower, there will be a cooler for turkeys. One agency requested only stuffing, apple juice, and canned vegetables. Another agency asked for only food for the Thanksgiving dinners. Another agency asked for applesauce, pickles, olives, onion rings, canned pumpkin, and Brownie mixes. Another agency asked for coffee, cake mixes and frosting, evaporated milk, Shelf Stable Pie Crusts (the type already in pans), sweet bread/muffin mixes, and gravy. Two agencies asked only for turkeys. Please, no expired food, the agencies will not accept expired food.